I saw these at a nursery today ...they were...I can't think of an appropriate superlative. I just loved them. Do any of you grow them and under what conditions ?. I suspect the summer is to hot and dry here.

There are several varieties of mimulus.
There are the small flowers which almost look like they have faces, and were called monkey flowers.
There are plain single colour ones.
There are some larger flowered ones which are called mimulus maximus.
There are some perennial types too, but I have not grown those.